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UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 

BULLETIN 

Issued  Weekly 

Vol.  XX  February  19,  1923  No.  25 

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PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS,  URBANA 


The 

UNIVERSITY: 

Some  Basic 

FACTS 


and  a  Conservative 
Financial  Program 


EXTRACT  FROM  PRESIDENT ; 


OF  EDUCAT 


“It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  in  a  i 
heavy  upon  the  people ,  there  has  been  evt 
tain  education  unimpaired ,  in  order  that 
regardless  of  sacrifices  in  the  present,  foi 
must  bear” 


THE  UN] 


Some  Basic  Facts  s 


Financial, 


DO  YOU  KNOW— 


THAT  the  physical  plant 


comprises  more  than  six* 
acres,  and  262  acres  of  ot 


THAT  the  student  enrolli 
over  1 0,000  ? 

THAT  more  than  1200  deg 

THAT  the  Medical,  Dent 
the  University  are  in  C 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 

PRESIDENT’S  OFFICE 


February  12,  1923 


To  the  Alumni  : 


The  University  Appropriation  Bills  have  been  introduced  in  the  General  Assem¬ 
bly  as  follows: 

1.  House  Bill  109  is  the  University  General  Appropriation  Bill  for  $5,250,000 
per  annum,  distributed  as  follows : 


For  operation  and  maintenance 

For  salaries  and  wages  -  -  -  ~  . 

For  office  expenses,  including  printing  and  publications 

For  travel _ "  ~ - - - - - 

For  operation  -  --  --  --  - 

For  repairs  -  --  --  --  - 

For  equipment  ------- 

For  improvements  other  than  new  buildings 

Total  ------- 

For  buildings  and  land 

For  the  first  unit  of  a  library  building  and  equipment  - 
For  a  women’s  residence  hall  and  equipment 
For  a  men’s  gymnasium  and  equipment  -  -  - 

For  a  building  for  the  College  of  Commerce  and  Busi¬ 
ness  Administration  and  equipment  - 
For  adding  to  the  boiler  house  and  heating  plant 
For  agricultural  buildings  and  equipment 
For  land  -  --  --  --  -- 


$2,900,000  per 
140,000  per 


annum 

annum 


440,000  per 
125,000  per 
250,000  per 
105,000  per 


annum 

annum 

annum 

annum 


$4,000,000  per  annum 

$375,000  per  annum 
125,000  per  annum 
250,000  per  annum 

250,000  per  annum 
30,000  per  annum 
190,000  per  annum 
30,000  per  annum 


Total  -------  $1,250,000  per  annum 

2.  House  Bill  119  is  the  bill  for  the  appropriation  of  Federal  Funds  amounting  to 
approximately  $50,000  a  year,  paid  to  the  State  for  the  endowment  and  support 
of  a  college  for  the  benefits  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts  under  the 
Morrill  Act  of  1862  and  subsequent  Acts. 


3.  The  corresponding  Senate  Bills  are  numbered  40  and  41. 


Will  you  see  your  Representatives  and  Senator  and  ask  them  definitely  whether 
they  will  favor  the  University  Bills  as  introduced?  If  they  will  not  do  so,  will  you  find  out 
their  attitude?  In  any  case,  will  you  please  report  at  once  to  me  or  to  Mr.  G.  Huff,  who  is 
in  charge  of  Illini  Club  organizations? 


The  time  is  short.  Shall  we  put  this  through? 


Sincerely  yours, 


President 


conduct  research.  Every  civilized  state  in 
the  world  has  grasped  the  importance  of 
research  from  the  experiences  of  the  war. 
Canada,  Australia,  Great  Britain,  France, 
Japan,  and  Italy  are  all  promoting  research 
by  the  establishment  of  new  organizations 
and  by  adequate  appropriations. 

Extension  and  Conferences 

As  a  public  service  institution,  the  Uni¬ 
versity  is  called  on  by  many  different  organ¬ 
izations  in  the  State  to  give  advice  and  help 
in  problems  of  widely  different  character. 
Its  staff  are  called  on  to  impart  information 
to  individuals  and  bodies  interested  in  agri¬ 
culture,  engineering,  business,  and  general 
social  welfare.  The  calls  for  these  purposes 
run  into  the  hundreds  every  year.  The  Com¬ 
munity  Adviser  is  constantly  traveling  about, 
and  scores  of  other  members  of  the  staff  are 
called  on  for  special  help.  Space  does  not 
permit  detailed  description  of  this  branch  of 
service. 

Basic  Facts 

using  our  classroom  facilities  to  the  maxi¬ 
mum  efficiency  during  the  8  :oo  to  4:00 
periods.” — Supervising  Architect. 

4.  Number  of  classes  over  35  each — 213. 

5.  Expenditure  per  student  per  annum 
for  instruction,  equipment,  supplies  (in 
short,  teaching  operation)  — 

1915-16,  $331.45,  of  which  the  State  paid 
$259.70;  1921-22,  $275.73,  of  which  the  State 
paid  $190.80.  If  we  add  5  per  cent  of  capital 
investment,  the  amount  for  1921-22  is 
$32945*  Approximately  one-third  of  our  an¬ 
nual  expenditure  is  for  work  other  than  in¬ 
struction  of  students. 

6.  Gross  operating  expenditure  per  semes¬ 
ter  credit  hour — $8.07. 

7.  Approximate  cost  of  University  per 
annum,  per  $100  of  State  wealth  (estimate 
$12,000,000,000)  if  appropriation  requested 
is  granted  in  full,  4%  cents;  per  $100  of 


4.  The  College  of  Commerce,  with  2045 
students. 

5.  The  College  of  Education,  with  393 
students. 

6.  The  College  of  Law,  with  13 1  students. 

7.  The  School  of  Library  Science,  prepar¬ 
ing  now  46  librarians. 

8.  The  School  of  Music,  with  93  students. 
Among  the  subjects  taught  are  piano,  voice, 
violin,  organ,  and  public  school  music. 

9.  The  Graduate  School,  with  an  enrol¬ 
ment  of  555,  is  the  educational  capstone  of 
the  University’s  work. 

10.  The  Summer  Session.  The  registra¬ 
tion  last  summer  was  2116. 

11.  The  College  of  Medicine,  in  Chicago, 
with  385  students. 

12.  The  College  of  Dentistry,  in  Chicago, 
with  162  students. 

13.  The  School  of  Pharmacy,  in  Chicago, 
with  332  students. 

14.  Other  great  departments  of  instruc¬ 
tion  are  our  Military  and  Physical  Educa¬ 
tion  divisions  and  our  Health  Service.  At 
present  the  military  work  requires  247  cadet 
officers  and  23  U.  S.  Army  officers,  furnish¬ 
ing  training  for  infantry,  cavalry,  artillery, 
signal  corps,  air  service,  and  engineering 
corps. 

Physical  Education  for  both  men  and 
women  is  required.  Our  Health  Service  has 
made  a  physical  examination  of  every  stu¬ 
dent  in  the  University  at  Urbana. 

Administrative  Divisions  of  the  University 

Attention  may  be  called  particularly  to 
the  great  administrative  organization  of  our 
physical  plant.  In  this  division  lies  respon¬ 
sibility  for  the  maintenance  of  all  the  sixty 
buildings  of  the  University,  and  our  heat, 
light,  and  water  systems.  Some  idea  of  the 
extent  of  the  work  of  this  department  may 
be  gained  when  one  remembers  that  our 
buildings  are  furnished  with  heat,  light, 
steam,  and  electricity  for  power,  water,  and 
telephone  service  through  underground  tun- 


The  appropriations  asked  for,  and  some 
comparisons : 

Appropriated  Requests 
1921-23  1923-25 

Operating  Budget 

Salaries  and  Wages .  5,440,000  5,800,000 

Office  Expense .  240,000  280,000 

Travel .  80,000  80,000 

Operation . 880,000  880,000 

Repairs .  240,000  250,000 

Equipment .  480,000  500,000 

Total  Operating .  (7,360,000)  (7,790,000) 

Permanent  Improvements .  210,000 

Total  Operating  and  Improve¬ 
ment .  (7,360,000)  (8,000,000) 


Building  Budget 

Agricultural  Building  Equipment .  500,000 

Horticultural  Field  Laboratory  and 

Equipment .  26b, 000 

Medical  Research  Laboratory  and 

Library,  and  Equipment .  500,000 

Addition  to  Natural  History  Build¬ 
ing  and  Equipment .  150,000 

Addition  to  Transportation  Building  90,000 
First  Unit  of  Library  Building  and 
Equipment . . . 

Women’s  Residence  Hall  and  Equip¬ 
ment  . 

Men’s  Gymnasium  and  Equipment.... 

Building  for  College  of  Commerce 
and  Business  Administration, 

and  Equipment . 

Adding  to  Boiler  House  and  Heat¬ 
ing  Plant . 

Agricultural  Buildings . 


750,000 

250,000 

500,000 

500,000 

60,000 

380,000 


Land. 


Total  Building . (1,500,000)  (2,440,000) 

.  60,000 


Total  Land  and  Building . (1,500,000)  (2,500,000) 

Total .  8,860,000  10,500,000 


February  7,  1923 


I.  What  is  the  Univers 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 

What  is  the  University  of  Illinois?  Just 
what  does  it  do  ?  How  big  is  it  ?  How  many 
buildings  has  it?  How  large  is  its  faculty? 

These  questions  are  frequently  put,  not 
only  by  people  outside  of  the  State,  but  by 
Illinoisans.  It  is  not  unusual  for  a  stranger, 
when  he  first  comes  to  the  University,  to  ex¬ 
claim  in  surprise,  “I  had  no  idea  that  Illinois 
wag  such  an  institution.  I  looked  for  a  col¬ 
lege  with  two  or  three  buildings.” 

The  truth  is  that  only  a  very  small  per¬ 
centage  of  the  people  of  Illinois  know  their 
University.  It  is  not  surprising,  therefore, 
that  they  wonder  at  the  amount  of  appropri¬ 
ations  asked  for. 

The  University  more  than  a  Teaching 
Institution 

Many  people  think  of  the  University  as  a 
teaching  institution  only,  a  kind  of  enlarged 
high  school.  This  is  a  mistake.  A  university, 
particularly  a  state  university,  is  so  much 
more  than  this  that  its  teaching,  in  the  ordi¬ 
nary  sense  of  the  term,  represents  but  a  frac¬ 
tion  of  its  service  and  expense.  A  university 
is,  in  fact,  a  clearing  house  for  knowledge 
both  old  and  new,  a  forum  for  the  discussion 
of  present  day  problems,  and  an  organiza¬ 
tion  for  the  solution  of  these  problems  and 
for  the  discussion  of  new  truth. 

The  University  of  Illinois  performs  four 
distinct  functions,  all  expensive : 

1.  Teaching  the  undergraduate  body  of 
students,  not  in  set  courses  most  easily 
taught,  but  in  those  which  best  meet  their 
needs,  requiring,  of  course,  constant  revision. 

2.  Training  new  faculty  and  executive 
staff :  a  university  is  not  only  a  repository  of 
knowledge  and  an  agency  of  discovery,  but 
a  training  place  for  its  own  workers.  Teach¬ 
ers  and  research  men  cannot  be  bought  like 


I 


and  what  does  it  do? 

commodities.  The  only  places  where  they 
are  produced  are  these  same  universities; 
that  is  to  say,  they  must  be  manufactured 
through  the  machinery  of  the  institution. 

3.  Investigation  and  research  for  the  sake 
of  correcting  old  beliefs  and  for  the  discovery 
of  new  facts,  with  which  not  only  to  improve 
teaching  but  to  advance  the  industries  and 
refine  the  arts  of  life. 

4.  Attendance  upon  meetings,  conven¬ 
tions,  and  conferences,  educational,  indus¬ 
trial,  economic,  and  social,  both  national, 
state,  and  local,  at  which  leading  men  meet 
and  discuss  questions  of  progress,  and  at 
which  the  University’s  advice  and  help  are 
sought. 

The  different  colleges  of  the  University 
differ  in  the  relative  emphasis  given  these 
lines  of  work.  In  the  College  of  Agriculture, 
for  example, the  supposition  is  that  about  one- 
half  the  funds  should  go  for  research.  There¬ 
fore  much  less  than  the  total  energy  of  the 
scientific  staff  is  available  for  teaching 
students. 

The  University  as  a  Teaching  Institution 

As  a  teaching  institution,  the  University 
comprises  eight  colleges,  four  schools,  and  a 
half  dozen  auxiliary  bureaus  and  divisions, 
such  as  the  extension  service  and  the  experi¬ 
ment  stations,  which  are  exclusively  research 
in  character. 

1.  The  College  of  Liberal  Arts  and 
Sciences,  which  teaches  not  only  its  own 
students,  2764  in  number,  but  also  the  stu¬ 
dents  of  all  the  other  colleges  and  schools  in 
the  fundamental  subjects. 

2.  The  College  of  Agriculture,  with  860 
students.  Among  the  noted  departments  of 
the  College  of  Agriculture  is  that  of  Home 
Economics. 

3.  The  College  of  Engineering,  with  1537 
students. 


assessed  valuation,  13  cents,  as  against  3% 
cents  and  11  cents  on  $100  now — an  increase 
of  %  of  a  cent  and  2  cents,  respectively. 

8.  Staff:  Total  number  on  payroll,  1528, 
including  people  on  part  time.  On  a  full  time 
basis  the  number  is  1371,  of  whom  924  are 
in  administrative,  instructional  and  research 
work;  144  in  clerical;  and  303  in  mechan¬ 
ical  and  agricultural  work. 

9.  The  annual  or  operating  expenditures 
of  the  University  are  divided  among  its  three 
great  services  as  follows : 


Cost  in  1921-22 

Percent 

Education  of  students . 

. £2,874,149 

66. 2 

Investigation  and  research.. 

.  1,030,162 

23.6 

Extension  and  other  public 

service  443,679 

10.2 

10.  Per  capita  expenditure  of  State  money 
on  University  by  States : 


Total  for 

Total  Appropriation 

Biennium 

Population 

per  capita 

1921-1923 

1920  Census  per  annum 

State  University  of  Iowa  and... 

.$  4,675,294 

•97 

Iowa  Agricultural  College . 

4,547,000 

•95 

Total,  Iowa . 

(9,222,294) 

2,404,021 

(1.92) 

University  of  Michigan  and.... 

10,800,000 

1.47 

Michigan  Agricultural  College 

2,990,000 

.41 

Total,  Michigan . 

(13,790,000)  3,668,412 

(1.88) 

University  of  Minnesota . 

8,404,000 

2,387,125 

1.76 

University  of  Kansas  and . 

3,419,000 

•97 

Kansas  State  Agricultural 

College . . 

2,595,289 

•73 

Total,  Kansas . 

(6,014,289) 

1,769,257 

(1.70) 

University  of  Nebraska . 

.  4,182,500 

1,296,372 

1.62 

University  of  California . 

9,859,454 

3,420,861 

1.44 

University  of  Wisconsin . 

6,979,070 

2,632,067 

1-33 

University  of  Indiana  and . 

3,189,000 

•55 

Purdue  University . 

2,772,000 

•47 

Total,  Indiana . 

(5,961,000) 

2,930,390 

( 1.02) 

University  of  Colorado . 

1,450,000 

939,629 

•77 

University  of  Illinois . 

8,860,000 

6,485,280 

•69 

Ohio  State  University 
(Including  Agricultural 

Experiment  Station) . 

6,994,880 

5,759,394 

.61 

University  of  Missouri . 

2,637,699 

3,404,055 

•39 

University  of  Kentucky . 

1,454,497 

2,416,630 

•30 

Which  is  more  worth  while,  to  spend  as 
we  do  in  this  State  more  than  $70,000,000 
per  year  for  amusements ;  and  more  than 
$50,000,000  for  cigars  and  cigarettes,  or 
$5,250,000  for  the  University  of  Illinois? 


The  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  and 
its  great  work  are  matters  of  common 
knowledge. 

The  Engineering  Experiment  Station  was 
the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  Among 
its  researches  are  investigations  of  the  vis¬ 
cosity  of  glass ;  the  drainage  of  land ;  con¬ 
struction  of  highways ;  riveted  steel  struc¬ 
tures  ;  various  properties  of  coal ;  reinforced 
concrete  and  other  materials  of  construc¬ 
tion  ;  twist  drills  and  the  drilling  of  metals ; 
coal  mining;  and  many  others.  Some  cor¬ 
porations  spend  annually  for  research  in 
their  own  laboratories  three  or  four  times 
the  expenditure  of  the  Engineering  Experi- 
mer  t  Station.  The  results  of  their  investiga¬ 
tions  are  for  their  own  use.  The  discoveries 
of  the  Engineering  Experiment  Station  are 
for  the  public  use. 

Research  under  the  direct  auspices  of  the 
Graduate  School  is  that  conducted  by  the 
departments  and  their  individual  members. 
Every  department,  if  it  is  to  be  alive,  must 

II.  Present 


1.  In  1900-01  enrollment  was  2,500  stu¬ 
dents  gross,  and  2,200 (est.)  at  peak;  1910-11 
enrollment  was  4,913  students  gross,  and 
4,329  at  peak;  1920-21  enrollment  was  9,493 
students  gross,  and  8,250  at  peak;  1921-22 
enrollment  was  10,627  students  gross,  and 
9,088  at  peak. 

2.  Square  feet  of  floor  area  per  student, 
classroom  and  laboratory:  In  1900-01,  266.3 
square  feet;  1910-11,  186.6  square  feet; 
1920-21,  144.5  square  feet;  1921-22,  134.0 
square  feet. 

3.  Classroom  Use:  “We  utilize  all  our 
classrooms  from  8  :oo  in  the  morning  to  4  :oo 
in  the  afternoon  to  as  high  an  efficiency  as 
possible,  and  then  put  the  remaining  classes 
into  the  4:00-5:00  period.  The  4:00-5:00 
period  is  not  considered  a  desirable  period 
and  the  fact  that  we  have  to  put  classes  in 
that  period  is  the  best  evidence  that  we  are 


nels  and  conduits  from  Central  stations  which 
are  in  operation  night  and  day.  There  are 
now  6,568  feet  of  tunnels,  10,605  feet  of  con- 
duit  for  the  distribution  of  steam,  and  63,250 
duct  feet  of  conduit  for  the  distribution  of 
electricity.  Heat  is  supplied  from  six  boilers 
of  500  h.  p.  capacity.  The  physical  plant  at 
Chicago,  of  course,  is  on  a  smaller  scale,  but 
equally  well  organized. 

Other  administrative  divisions  are  the 
Comptroller’s  office,  in  charge  of  accounts, 
purchases,  etc.,  with  a  staff  of  40;  and  the 
Registrar’s  office,  with  a  staff  of  20. 

The  University  has  museums  of  Classical 
Art,  Archaeology,  European  Culture,  Nat¬ 
ural  History,  and  Oriental  History.  It  has 
also  large  collections  of  specimens  of  mate¬ 
rial  outside  of  these.  However,  it  does  not 
have  a  museum  building  in  which  these 
things  can  be  collected,  displayed,  and  util¬ 
ized  by  the  students  and  the  public.  It  lacks 
even  a  room  in  which  to  put  the  objects  of 
art,  such  as  sculpture  and  engravings,  which 
have  been  donated  to  it  from  time  to  time, 
altho  the  collection  is  an  excellent  one. 

The  University  as  a  Public  Service 
Institution:  Research 

As  on  the  teaching  side  the  University 
imparts  known  truths  and  facts  like  any 
other  teaching  institution,  on  the  side  of  re¬ 
search  it  produces  new  truth.  For  the  public 
welfare,  the  latter  part  of  its  work  is,  in  the 
long  run,  as  important  as  the  former.  It  is 
through  its  research  activities  that  the  Uni¬ 
versity  adds  directly  to  the  economic  and 
social  well-being  of  the  people. 

The  three  organizations  whose  special 
work  is  to  promote  research  are  the  Graduate 
School,  the  Engineering  Experiment  Station, 
and  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station. 
The  Graduate  School  is  an  organization  of 
all  departments  of  the  University  irrespective 
of  colleges,  for  the  purpose  of  training  inves¬ 
tigators  and  directly  promoting  departmen¬ 
tal  research. 


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